PUBLIC ALLEY OPENING
WHEREAS, the City of Chicago ("City") is a home rule unit of local government pursuant to Article VII, Section 6 (a) of the 1970 Constitution of the State of Illinois and, as such, may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs; and
WHEREAS, the City can enhance public access by opening new rights of way or widening existing rights of way; and
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. THE EAST 16 FET OF LOT 33 IN JACKSON AND WEAGE'S SUBDIVISION OF THE SOUTH HALF OF THE SOUTH 25 ACRES OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 9, TOWNSHIP 38 NORTH, RANGE 14 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JUNE 20, 1868 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 173163, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, as shaded and legally described by the words "ALLEY HEREBY OPENED" on the Plat hereto attached as Exhibit A, which plat for greater certainty, is hereby made a part of this ordinance, be and the same is hereby opened to vehicular traffic as the same is intended for public use and the public interest will be subserved by such opening.
SECTION 2. The Opening to Vehicular Traffic herein provided for is made upon the express condition that within one hundred eighty (180) days after the passage of this ordinance, the Chicago Department of Transportation Division of Engineering shall file or cause to be filed for record in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Cook County, Illinois a certified copy of this ordinance, together with the full sized corresponding plat as approved by the Chicago Department of Transportation's Acting Superintendent of Maps and Plats.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. The opening shall take effect upon its recording.
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Approved as to Form and Legality
Chief Assistant Corporation Counsel
Honorable Pat Dowell Alderman, 3rd Ward
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